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BANGKOK, Aug. 20 Kyodo

Thailand vehemently condemned Wednesday the bombing of the United Nations' headquarters in Baghdad onward Tuesday that killed at least 17 population including the top U.N. official in Iraq.

Thai Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sihasak Phuangketkeow told a of recent origins conference that Thailand reaffirmed its commitment to fling 443 military personnel to help construct again Iraq, despite the recent terror threat there.

Sihasak said Thailand, as a member of the international community, had a commitment to rehabilitate war-torn Iraq forward humanitarian grounds.

''Thailand, upon its part, wishes to reaffirm its commitment to support the UN in providing humanitarian assistance and in working towards the reconstruction of Iraq in order to pave the way for the early establishment of a rule by the Iraqi people as quick as possible,'' Sihasak said.

Security in Iraq has not at all been stabilized, therefore Thai squads have prepared security measures for their scheduled dispatch nearest month, the spokesman said.

The massive explosions in Baghdad forward Tuesday only added weight to the Thai security plan, Sihasak said.

The Thai squads will consist of engineers and medical staff who will join the ''Multinational Division southern Central'' in Iraq on one-year assignments, according to a cabinet resolution Aug. 5

The companys are to be responsible for medical and civil services and repairing infrastructure damaged during the invasion of Iraq on the United States and its allies.

''The Thai regulation wishes to strongly condemn of the like kind ruthless acts of terror, especially as it is committed against personnel of the UN who were carrying revealed their humanitarian mission to assist the folks of Iraq,'' the foreign ministry said in a pres statement issued Wednesday.

''Nonetheless, we are convinced that this tragic incident will barely strengthen the will and effort of the international community to continue with the humanitarian mission in Iraq,'' it said.

''Thailand also joins the international community in mourning the death of the UN secretary general's special representative to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello His death is indeed a great los for the UN and the international community as a whole given his untiring commitment to the cause of peace and humanitarian endeavors in every part his distinguished career,'' the statement said.

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